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Running Blind by Lee Child

Running Blind: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Jack Reacher series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Running Blind audiobook runs 13.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Johnathan Mcclain (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Running Blind at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Jack Reacher

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 47.1 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 122.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Killing Floor17.8 hrs
2Die Trying14.3 hrs
3Tripwire15 hrs
4Running Blind13.3 hrs
5Echo Burning17.6 hrs
6Without Fail16.6 hrs
7Persuader13.8 hrs
8The Enemy: A Jack Reacher Novel14.2 hrs

More narrated by Johnathan Mcclain

Johnathan Mcclain narrates 64 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 669 hours in all.

All Johnathan Mcclain audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

1,400 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Running Blind is book 4 of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Johnathan Mcclain, released October 30, 2012, on the Suspense and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
Johnathan Mcclain
Released
October 30, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
Jack Reacher #4
ISBN
9781101615560

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Running Blind audiobook?

Running Blind runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is the Running Blind audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Running Blind?

Running Blind is narrated by Johnathan Mcclain.

Is Running Blind worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.